Osteoporosis is an important systemic disorder, affecting mainly Caucasian women, with a
diverse and multifactorial etiology. A large variety of animal species, including rodents …

Osteocalcin (OC) is the main non-collagenous hydroxyapatite-binding protein synthesized
by osteoblasts, odontoblasts, and hypertrophic chondrocytes. It has a regulatory role in …

BACKGROUND: Bone loss in amenorrheic athletes has been attributed to energy deficiency-
related suppression of bone formation, but not increased resorption despite …

Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of a new piezoelectric
device, designed for harvesting autogenous bone chips from intra‐oral sites, on chip …

The combination of bone grafting materials with guided bone regeneration (GBR)
membranes seems to provide promising results to restore bone defects in dental clinical …

In recent years there has been increasing evidence suggesting that epilepsy and its
treatment can have adverse effects on bone mineralization and calcium metabolism. Many …

We used data from the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) study to test the hypothesis
that men with higher levels of bone turnover would have accelerated bone loss and an …

Runx2, a transcriptional activator downstream of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)
signaling, is essential to osteoblastic differentiation and bone formation and maintenance …

Glucocorticoid hormones have complex stimulatory and inhibitory effects on skeletal
metabolism. Endogenous glucocorticoid signaling is required for normal bone formation in …

Bone turnover markers (BTMs) are divided into the markers of bone formation and those of
bone resorption. N-terminal collagen type I extension propeptide and serum C-terminal …